Eight killed in end-of-Ramadan suicide attacks in Chechnya

Eight people, mainly police officers, were killed and more than 20 injured in two suicide bomb blasts in Chechnya as Russia's Muslim region feted the end of the Ramadan holy month, officials said on Wednesday.

Three suicide bombers blew themselves up the day before in the Chechen capital Grozny, killing five policemen, an emergencies ministry official and a passer-by and wounding more than 20.